29-05-2024 RAFAH: The Gaza Strip’s collapsing health system is under further strain after the Israeli army intensified bombing in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area and other parts of the enclave, a day after an attack on a camp in Rafah killed 45 Palestinians. The Indonesian Field Hospital is the latest medical …

29-05-2024 PORT MORESBY: Hopes are fading that an estimated 2,000 people buried by a landslide in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province will be found alive, a United Nations official has said. “It is not a rescue mission, it is a recovery mission,” UNICEF Papua New Guinea’s Niels Kraaier said. “It …

29-05-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived. When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the …

28-05-2024 Bu SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: Five Pakistani soldiers were martyred in gun-battles with Islamist militants in the country’s northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the Pakistan Army said. The statement said the deaths were in addition to two other soldiers, including an officer, who were martyred the previous …

28-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY/ RAFAH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war against Hamas amid international condemnation of an air strike that killed scores of Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday. At least 45 people were killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, while hundreds more were …

28-05-2024 NEW YORK: Gold prices ticked up on Monday, as investors assessed diminishing bets of US interest rate cuts ahead of a key inflation report due later in the week. Spot gold was up 0.5% to $2,344.46 per ounce as of 0936 GMT US gold futures also climbed 0.5% to …

28-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: At least nine people were killed and more than a million were evacuated as Cyclone Remal approached the coasts of eastern India and Bangladesh, which made landfall late on Sunday. Here is what we know about the cyclone. The storm made landfall …

28-05-2024 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the British Museum. The media understands the US law enforcement agency has also assisted with the return of 268 items, which the museum claims belong to it, that …

28-05-2024 RAFAH/ CAIRO: Israeli air strikes late Sunday on a tented camp near Rafah for displaced Gazans killed 45 people, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Israel’s army said the strikes, hours after a rocket attack had targeted Tel Aviv, killed two senior Hamas operatives. Medical officials …

28-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ SYDNEY: About 2000 people are estimated to be buried under a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official says. The head of the International Organization for Migration in the country, Serhan Aktoprak, said the impact of Friday’s landslide in the isolated Enga province was greater …